Cow-tail holder.



S. E. RASMUSSN 8L L. L. KIHKEGAAHD.

COW TAIL HULDER.l

APPLICATION FILED IuLv 30. Isn.

IMI. 26 1918.

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manfred of the United States of America residinfr at Blair, in the county oi Washington and `State of Nebraska, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cow-Tail Holders, ofrwhich the 'following is a specification.

Our invention relates to improvements in cow `tail holders having a clasper to releas ably engage around a cows hind. legv above the gam-brel joint, and a clamp to simultaneously grip and hold the brush of hertail during the operation of milking; and the objects of our improvements are, iirst, to provide means for utilizing the secured brush of the cows tail as a locking key to secure the separable endsotan elastic leg clasper; second, to provide an elastic leg clasper normally standing wide open to freely receive the leg of the cow and that can be opened and closed' with a minimum of movement of its 'free opposed ends,v thereby Conserving the body of the clasper against rupture; third, to provide a hinged looking hook, fastened by engaging the brush ot' the tail, thatV may be swungl into or out or" the mouth ofthe cl'asper; fourth, to supply a suitable'stop to limit the swing of the lockv ing hook and set it in alinement with a loop on the opposite free or swinging end of the clasper; and iifth, to provide the tree or coupling ends of the leg Clasper with suitable integral handles, all bent from single piece of wire, 'to supply a suitable bearing with end collars on one, and the Vrequisite loop on the opposite handle to receive the locking hook.

compan'ying drawing, in which- Figure 1 isa top view showing the holder.' applied", the leg and tail being indicated ,byl dotted lines; Fig. 2, a vertical section on the broken line 2 of Fig. 1; Fig. 3, a vertical cross-section on the broken line '3 of Figs. 1,

clasper, ready for placing it on theleg. ln

all of which views similar numerals referto like parts.

Whichobjects wel attain by the mech anism and construction illustrated in the-ac-l ing hook.

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Application filed July 30, 1917. Serial No. 183,535.

A piece oi spring wire has an intermediate portion bent to` form the curved base L which, with an integral branch 5 and a like opposite branch 6, disposed as shown, form the elastic clasper to close around a cows leg. The outer ends oi these branches normally .stand apart, as shown in` Fig. 5, `to receive and close around the leg L, as shown and indicated in Fig. 1. lntegraladjacent straight portions of the wire form the respective bases 7 and 8 ot thehandles, for manipulation, which are disposed at divergeht angles from the swinging ends of the branches ot' the clasper, to stand parallelly with each other when the elasper is closed, as shown in Fig. 1. -Further continuot the handles. The returnpart 9, disposed parallelly with and spaced below the handle base 8, has its inner end portion bent upwardly and to form the terminal fastening eye 10' closed around the inner end of the base at its juncture with that branch ot the clasper. This forms a double or reinforced handle and an open loop disposed in a vertical plane toi-receive4 therethrough the fas tening hook mounted on the opposite handle.

The return reinforcing part 11 o'l the oppo-site handle has an intermediate portion looped upwardly and bent around the center of the base 'l' to form the collar 12 thereon.

The remaining end portion is bent to torni laterally toward the opposite handle; then the inner end is .bent to form the terminal tastenin g eye 14C closed around the inner end of this base at its juncture with this branch, the saine as for theopposite handle. That part of this base between the central collar 1Q and the end fastening eye, serves as a pivotal or bearing bar 15 to carry the lockrllhe swinging locking hook consists ot a single piece ofwi-i'ej, an intermediateA pordoubled portion is bent latwise, or in a plane at right angles to the plane of the the stop bar 13 spaced vparallelly below and l. tion is bent doubled 'upon itself, and'fthis 1' .-i I

leg 17 of the `forked shank of the hook; this v shank leg terminates in the eye 18 closed around the 'inner'end of the bearing-bar.

The oppositefold is extended in a reverselycurved Vouter leg 19v ending in the eye 20 closed aroundv the'outer end ofthe pivotal hearing bar. These eyes that hinge the hook on the pivotal bar are spaced apart so that they normally cover a distance greater than the length oi' the bar between the collar 12 andr the fastening eye 14; therefore, the hook is rictionally held at any position to which it may be turned on its pivotal bar. y Swinging the hook downwardly toward the opposite handle, it is stopped by the bar 13 in position vto close'through the loop of said handle when the clasper is closed; thus closed, the brush I'l of the cows tail isinserted `in the hook to serve as a key preventing the withdrawal of the hook from the loop, to lock the clasper on the leg and simultaneously fasten the tail against switching.v Pressing the handles of the locked claspertoward each other, the brush of the tail is released from the hook, which l'will then loe withdrawn from the loop handleas the' clasper is opened. The hook is then swungV out of the mouthoi:l the clasper from the leg. i

We claim:

1. A cow tail holder, comprising a springmetalcurved leg clasper having opposed coupling ends, normally standing spaced, Va loopfon one coupling end, a hook on the oppositeV coupling end to protrude through 'leaving it clear for application or removal n said loop, when the clasper is closed, to engage the brush of al cows tail inserted in the hook and against the outside of the loop, whereby the hook is gripped against the brush Yof the cows tail by the resiliency of thenclasper closed around the cows leg and the grippedv brush of the tail serves as a removable key to prevent withdrawal of the hook from the loop.

2. A cow tail holder, comprising a curved elastic leg clasper having opposite end branches normally standing apart at their outer coupling ends which are adapted to be elastically swung toward each other to close the clasper, manipulation handles on the swinging ends of said branches, a' loop Copies of this patent may be obtained for in one handle, a laterally standing hook on the opposite handle to protrude through said loop, when the clasper is closed around a cows leg, to releasably engage the brush of the cows tail which prevents withdrawal of the hook from said loop.

3. A cow tail holder, comprising a curved elastic leg clasper having coupling ends `disposed to normally stand apart to form an open mouth to the lclasper, manipulation handles on said coupling ends, a loop in one handle, a hook hinged on the opposite handle to swing out of orinto the openl mouth of the clasper and adapted to protrude through the loop in the rst mentioned handle when the clasper is closed.

4. A cow tail holder, comprising a U- shaped leg clasper of spring wire, manipu lation handles formed hy looped extensions of the branches of the U, a hook hinged on one side of the loop of one handle to swing laterally into and out of the space between the handles, and a stop consisting of the opposite side of said loop disposed to limit the swing of the hook to set it in alinement to protrude through the loop of the opposite handle when the handles are swung toward each other to close the clasper.'

5, A cow tail holder,`comprising an open loop of spring metal to form a leg clasper having its closing ends normally standing spaced to form `a receiving mouth, manipulating handles on the closing ends of the clasper, a loop on one handle, spaced collars on the opposite handle, a hook having an elastic forked shank the branches having hinging eyes closed around the handle between said collars, said eyes spaced to elastically hear against said collars to frictionally support the hook and the hook disposed to swing into position toprotrude through said loop when the clasper is closed and swing out of the mouth when the claspcr is open.

In testimony whereof we hereunto aiiix our signatures.

soFUs E. RiisMUssnN. LAUGE L. KIRKEGAARD.

five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. C, 

